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Nonea echioides

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Nonea echioides. See image source here.

#122 They called me Nonea echioides, also known as Lithospermum tournefortii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. They first catalogued me in 1819.

Native to Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Spain, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Asteriscus aquaticus

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Asteriscus aquaticus. See image source here.

#114 They called me Asteriscus aquaticus, also known as Asteriscus morrisonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Morrison. They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, and Yugoslavia.

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum

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Ophioglossum lusitanicum. See image source here.

#106 They called me Ophioglossum lusitanicum, also known as Ophioglossum braunii. I pay homage to the male botanist Alexander Braun, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun, or Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia.